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Name of client Type of work performed and role of Vista Start and completion year
APPS4GMES
Development of operational products and services for GMES
DE
www.apps4gmes.com		 Bavarian Ministry of
Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology		 Development of operational GMES services in the context of agriculture, water quality and quantity, environment and climate protection.
VISTA: Project Manager
Partner: EOMAP, RSS, T-Sytems, ZEBRIS		 2012 - 2014
M3Land
DE		 German Aerospace Center DLR Modellgestützte, multi-temporale und multi-sensorale Gewinnung von kontinuierlichen Landmanagement-informationen
Partner: LMU München (Project Coordinator)		 2012 - 2014
Insurance Flood Mapping Service
DE, FR, CH		 European Space Agency ESA/ESRIN Trial of an operational Flood Mapping Service for the Reinsurance Industry
Partners: SERTIT, PERILS AG
 2012 - 2013
CLIMB
Climate Induced Changes on the Hydrology of Mediterranean Basins – Reducing Uncertainty and Quantifying
Risk through an Integrated Monitoring and Modeling System
http://www.climb-fp7.eu/
DE, IT, TR, TN, FR 		EC 7th Framework Programme Collaborative Research Project Hydrological modelling in 2 Mediterranean catchments using remote sensing data as input under consideration of climate change
Partner: LMU München (Project Coordinator)		 2010 - 2013
TalkingFields
satellite techniques for precision farming
DE
www.talkingfields.com		 European Space Agency ESA/ESTEC Demonstration study for the integrative application of satellite techniques for agricultural services
VISTA: Project Manager
Partner:  LMU München, PC Agrar GmbH		 2010 - 2013
Polar View
GMES Service  Element
CA, DE, GB, IT, FI, NO, DK

www.polarview.org		 European Space Agency ESA/ESRIN Provision of operational, remote sensing based snow services for the Alps and Central Europe
VISTA: Snow service coordination
Project coordination by C-Core (Canada)		 2005 - 2012
IWRM MoMo
Integrated Water Resources Management in Central Asia: Model Region Mongolia
DE, MN		 UFZ Magdeburg / Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Satellite data analysis for
Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) Magdeburg		 2011 - 2012
EORGANIC
DE, FR, BE		 European Space Agency ESA/ESRIN Feasibility study for the development of remote sensing indicators for discrimination between organic and conventional fields
Role: Project partner
Coordination by Keyobs (BE)		 2009 - 2012
RapidSAR
DE
 German Aerospace Center DLR Integrative use of multitemporal RapideEye and TerraSAR-X data for agricultural monitoring
Partner: LMU Munich		 2009 - 2012
ASAR soil moisture maps for the SMOS-validation study
DE 		German Aerospace Center DLR Provision of large scale soil moisture maps with high spatial resolution, based on ENVISAT ASAR sensor
Subcontract from LMU Munich		 2007 - 2011
TalkingFields
satellite techniques for precision farming
DE		 European Space Agency ESA/ESTEC Feasibility study for the integrative application of satellite techniques for agricultural services
VISTA: Project Manager
Partner:  LMU München, PC Agrar GmbH,  Land-Data Eurosoft GmbH		 2008 - 2009
Sentinel-3 Land scene generator for Optical System Performance Simulator
DE, FR, NL		 Thales Alenia France Model and Software development for a land scene generator to simulate realistic Sentinel-3 data
Partner: NLR (NL)		 2008 – 2009
River monitoring of Main
DE		 Technical college Kassel and UFZ Leipzig Monitoring of surface of water with the hyperspectral sensor AVIS for deduction of phytoplankton, dissolved matter and macrophyte. 2008 – 2009
Hyperspectral data analyses for agricultural applications in the frame of ENMAP
DE		 Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam Literature review and consulting services to select methods for hyperspectral data analyses relevant for agricultural applications 2008 - 2009
Integration of Earth Observation within the reinsurance industry
DE, FR, AT, SE		 European Space Agency ESA/ESRIN Analyses of satellite data for reinsurance industry
Subcontractor of an consortium led by SERTIT, F		 2004 – 2009
Kazakhstan environmental monitoring
KZ		 Regierungsbaumeister Schlegel GmbH on behalf of the Government of Kazakhstan Satellite based monitoring of natural preserve areas (lake district) and their temporal evolution 2008
Simulation of ENMAP-like hyperspectral land scenes using radiative transfer models
DE, ES		 Geoforschungs­zentrum Potsdam Simulation of realistic data of the future hyperspectral satellite sensor EnMAP 2007 – 2008
Preagro: research network on  “Precision agriculture as technique for sustainable agricultural land use”
DE		 BMBF (German Ministry for Education and Research) Canopy status assessment using remote sensing for model based yield estimation 2005 – 2007
AQUIFER. Water in Africa – Internationally shared transboundary Aquifer Management
TN, NE, ML		 European Space Agency ESA/ESRIN VISTA was responsible for revised land use classification and large scale water balance  modelling in the SASS and Iullemeden aquifer
Subcontractor of an International consortium led by GAF AG, DE		 2004 – 2007
Generation of a Drainage Masterplan Using Satellite Data, Standardized GIS-Methods and Hydraulic Modelling
DE		 European Space Agency ESA/ESRIN Development of an operational processing chain for using  satellite data for urban drainage planning
Partner: Regierungsbaumeister Schlegel GmbH 		2006 – 2007
GMES / Sentinel-1 preparatory study
DE
[ pdf, 383 KB]		 European Space Agency ESA/ESTEC Demonstration of a operational soil moisture retrieval scheme form microwave satellite data (ASAR on ENVISAT) 2005 – 2006
Satellite Imagery/Data Analysis Study along with Ground Truth and Meteorological Monitoring
YE		 World Bank Monitoring of land use and water consumption by crops through irrigation, water balance assessment
Subcontractor in a project led by GAF AG, D		 2004 – 2006
MASS-SER-D – Multiple Application Support Service System
DE,IT,BE		 European Space Agency ESA/ESRIN Development of the web service and provision of daily information of snow covered area, the snow line, clouds and snow free areas using optical imagery 2003 – 2005
Phase B studies for SPECTRA: Mission Concept using Earth System Models and Land Surface Experiments
DE, NL, FR, ES 		European Space Agency ESA/ESTEC Validation and accuracy assessments for a planned hyperspectral ESA mission using radiative transfer models
Subcontractor of an International consortium led by University of Strasbourg, F		 2003 – 2005
INFERNO Integration of remote sensing data in operational water balance and flood prediction modelling
DE
[ pdf, 148 KB]		 German Aerospace Center (DLR) Development of operational image analyses processing chains for hydrological applications. Information on soil moisture and snow cover for improvement of runoff prediction and flood forecast
Partner: LMU Munich, LUBW  Baden-Württemberg, LUWG Rheinland-Pfalz 		2000 – 2005
Macrophyte classification of Steinhuder Meer based on satellite data
DE		 Niedersächsische Landesamt für Ökologie Lake monitoring with multispectral satellite data 2002
Simulation of SPECTRA scenes in the VIS-SWIR window
DE, NL
[ pdf, 71 KB]		 European Space Agency ESA/ESTEC Simulation of realistic data of the planned hyperspectral satellite sensor Spectra
Subcontractor of an International consortium led by NLR, NL		 2001 – 2002
Multispectral analysis with AVIS using the example of sugar beet
DE		 LIZ und der Zuckerfabrik Pfeifer & Langen Remote sensing based monitoring of yield information of sugar beet cultivation
Partner: LMU München / GTCO		 2001 – 2002
Long Term Earth Observation Market Development of ENVISAT based Services Plain-Flood Monitoring
DE, FR
[ pdf, 101 KB]		 European Space Agency ESA/ESRIN Market development of ENVISAT data for flood-mapping
Subcontractor of SERTIT, F 		2001 – 2005
Monitoring of snow cover dynamics using satellite data
DE		 LFU Landesanstalt für Umweltschutz Baden-Württemberg Monitoring of snow cover dynamics using optical and SAR sensors. Analysis of the potential of an operational service.   1999 – 2000
GeoBIRD - The Retrieval of Geo- and Bio-Physical Information from Remote Sensing Data
DE, FI, NL
[ pdf, 437 KB]		 European Space Agency ESA Retrieval of Geo- and Bio-Physical Information from multisensoral remote sensing data using ERS and optical sensors (TM, SPOT) with a model-based approach.
Role: Prime		 1998 – 2000
RAPHAEL Runoff and Atmospheric Processes for flood hazard for forecasting and control
DE, IT
[ pdf, 122 KB]		 European Union EU Development, implementation and demonstration the use of coupled meteorological and hydrological models at the regional scale.
Role: Subcontractor of an International consortium led by Università di Brescia, I		 1998 – 2000
Yield estimation using remote sensing data
DE		 Ministerium für Ernährung und Ländlicher Raum Baden Württemberg Yield estimation for maize using remote sensing data 1998 – 2000
Organization of a hyperspectral flight-campaign to assess the limnological and ecological  condtions of the shore area of the Chiemsee
DE		 Limnologischen Station Iffeldorf, TU München Deduction of a flight campaign with an imaging spectrometer to assess the limnological and ecological conditions of the shore area of lake Chiemsee 1998
Improvement of Flood monitoring and Flood management at upper Fodavari Becken (India) with remote sensing
DE		 GTZ Improvement of the Flood monitoring 1995 – 1998
Training: "Application of the TR-20 Model", "GIS and Remote Sensing for Hydrological Modelling" und "Advanced Remote Sensing Methods in Hydrology"
DE		 GTZ Preparation and conduction of a 6 week training of Indian scientists 1997
Combination of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Optical Spectrometer Data in Aggregated Models
DE		 German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik Combination of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Optical Spectrometer Data in Aggregated Models 1996
Improvement of the methodical basis of yield estimation of maize with remote sensing data
DE		 Ministerium für Ernährung und Ländlicher Raum Baden Württemberg Improvement of the yield estimation of maize with remote sensing data 1995 – 1996
Application of operational weather satellite data for flood forecasting
DE		 Landesanstalt für Umweltschutz Baden-Württemberg Improvement of flood forecasting using weather satellite data 1995

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